It’s the end of an era in the world of tennis in Quebec. Eugène Lapierre will leave the direction of the Omnium Banque Nationale de Montreal on Thursday, learned The newspaper. He will be replaced by Valérie Tétreault.
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Mr. Lapierre had been the director of the event since 2001. Over the past 21 years, the great tennis enthusiast has helped to raise awareness of the tournament, which alternately hosts the best racquets from the ATP and the WTA. .
She was 112e in the world
Director of Communications at Tennis Canada for several years, Ms.me Tétreault is a former professional player who reached 112e world rank before announcing his retirement at only 22 years old.
The native of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, who is now 34 years old, is also an analyst of tennis matches at TVA Sports.
Tennis Canada will announce the changing of the guard on Thursday morning.
As consultant
But even if he steps down from the position he held for two decades, Mr. Lapierre will not leave the organization immediately. He will remain there as a consultant for the next two years.
Under his leadership, the National Bank Open set several attendance records. This year, more than 237,000 spectators passed through the turnstiles of the Stade Jarry tennis complex.
A player himself in his youth, Mr. Lapierre later became a coach, before contributing to the creation of several tennis tournaments across Quebec.
With Tennis Canada since 1993, he was director of the Granby Challenger and the Canadian Junior Tennis Open in Repentigny.
He joined the Canadian Open tennis organization in 1999 as programming director and assistant tournament director.
